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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, September 5, 2015 HERMISTON Williams’ move in works for months Ex-Hermiston wrestling coach interviewed for Spokane job in the spring By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian The departure of Herm- iston wrestling coach Shaun Williams to Central Valley High School in Spokane, Wash. seemed sudden, but according to CV Athletic Director Grant Walter, it was in the works for months. According to Walter, Williams interviewed for the vacant head wrestling coach position in March when John Owen retired. Walter said Williams was their top candidate after the interviews, but a hold up with the special education depart- ment protracted the process. School started Tuesday and Williams has begun teaching special education there. ³:KLOH 6KDXQ ZDV GH¿- nitely our No. 1 candidate coming out of the interviews, it was made very clear to us if there wasn’t a teaching position he wasn’t coming to CV,” Walter said. “The time frame took so long because of the teaching position, and obviously he wasn’t going to say anything whether or not there was a teaching position. If there wasn’t a teaching In mid-August, Walter said, a teaching position came open IRU:LOOLDPVDQGKHQRWL¿HG Hermiston principal Tom Spoo shortly thereafter. Attempts to reach Williams by phone have been unsuccessful. As a wrestling coach at Hermiston, Williams led the Bulldogs to three straight team state titles since taking over for Curt Berger in 2012. Previously, Williams was an assistant at Central Valley and at Moses Lake before coming to Hermiston. He attended North Idaho Community College in Coeur d’Alene before transferring to the University of Oregon as a student athlete. A native of South Africa, Williams represented his country in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. “We’re extremely excited Staff photo by Sam Barbee/file In this March 7, 2015, file photo, Hermiston wrestling to have Shaun,” Walter said. coach Shaun Williams smiles as Hermiston School “Obviously his success District Supertintendent Dr. Fred Maiocco holds up at Hermiston speaks for the team’s 5A OSAA first place trophy at Hermiston’s itself. He had an excellent celebration for the state champion Bulldogs wres- reputation as an assistant at tlers. Williams announced his resignation last week to take a position at Central Valley High School in Moses Lake. We know his reputation as an Olympic Spokane, Wash. wrestler. We have not had an position, he wouldn’t have month, the Hermiston School in-building wrestling coach District announced a vacancy for 13 years. We are very left Hermiston.” The move came as yet of the head boys basketball excited to have a wrestling another blow to an athletic coach, and Hermiston has coach who’s a teacher and department hit hard by two other vacancies, as well, has access to those kids. turnover in the past four in softball and boys golf. “We also believe that months. Head football coach Walter said there was a Shaun will be an outstanding Mark Hodges announced his change in leadership in the addition to our teaching staff resignation in May, and that special education department at Central Valley High School. was followed shortly there- and the school had to deter- We see him as being an excel- after by the retirement of mine which positions would lent teacher as well as a wres- head volleyball coach Becky EH¿OOHGLQKRXVHDQGZKLFK tling coach. And that’s very Wadekamper. Then, last ZRXOGEH¿OOHGZLWKWUDQVIHUV important to our community.” STANFIELD Local dojang cleans up at Washington tourney EO Media Group PASCO, Wash. — Eastern Oregon Family Taekwondo RI 6WDQ¿HOG WRRN KRPH D number of honors last month from the 7th Annual Battle on the Columbia at Columbia Basin College in Pasco and hosted by Chon Ji Martial Arts of Richland. EOTF students placed in 20 disciplines from forms to sparring to stick sparring with Vladimir Caldera being named the Grand Champion of forms in the adult class. The next tournament for Eastern Oregon Family Taekwondo is Oct. 24 at the Governor’s Cup in Lacey, Washington. EOTF is hosting two free Stranger Danger classes on Sept. 15 and 22. Other winners were as follows: (7 and under white belts) Levi Hocker, 4, partici- pation medal; Sukhprit Kaur, ¿UVWLQIRUPV¿UVWLQVWLFN sparring; Arron Sanchez, 7, ¿UVW LQ IRUPV ¿UVW LQ VSDU- Contributed photo Students and instructors at Eastern Oregon Family Taekwondo in Stanfield pose with their trophies after the Battle on the Columbia tournament in Pasco, Wash., in August 2015. BACK ROW (left-right): Lorry Watson (instructor/owner) Melissa Shil- honic, Jaxon Cook, Levi Hockeri, Erwin Watson (head instructor/owner). BOTTOM ROW (l-r): J.P Phillips, Joseph Medina, Rene Sanchez, Miseal Sanchez, Mario San- chez, Luis Ibarra, Sukhprit Kaur, Osvaldo Sanchez, Natividad Sancez, Arron Sanchez, Vladimir Caldera. Not pictured: instructors Tyler Watson and Bailey Watson. ring, third in stick sparring; (8-10-year-old novice) Miseal Sanchez, third in spar- ULQJ 2VYDOGR 6DQFKH] ¿UVW in sparring; Joseph Medina, third in forms; (8-10-year-old advanced) J.P. Phillips, third in stick sparring; Luis Ibarra, third in forms, second in sparring, third in stick spar- ring; (13-14-year-old novice) Jaxon Cook, participation medal; Mario Sanchez, second in forms, third in sparring; Rene Sanchez, third in forms, third in stick BRIEFLY Hermiston’s Andrew Horn (11) darts downfield after a handoff from quar- terback Dayshawn Neal (5) during Fri- day’s game against Hanford in Hermiston. EOU men to host Monday Night Futbol LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University men’s soccer team will be hosting a weekly Monday Night Fútbol Series, head coach Stan Rodrigues announced on Friday afternoon. Every Monday from 5-6:30 p.m., both Rodrigues and the rest of the Mountaineer men’s soccer team will train participants ages 6-14 in a variety of areas, such as foot skills, ball control, soccer knowledge, and more. “Monday Night Fútbol is a way to connect these talented and well-coached former youth, now collegiate players, in our community and provide some skills training and games for the kids that do not have a way to travel or participate in a recreational league to join in the fall,” said Rodrigues. The six-clinic series will begin on Sep. 14 and will continue every ZHHNXQWLOWKH¿QDOFOLQLFRQ2FW The cost is $60 per player (for all six Mondays) or $15 per clinic. For more information call (541) Condon rodeo kicks off high school season CONDON — The high school rodeo season begins Sunday with the ¿UVWGD\RIWKH&ROXPELD%DVLQ+6 Rodeo in Condon. Action begins at 10 a.m. on Sunday and concludes with Monday’s round which begins at 8 a.m. Draws and schedule of events are posted at OHSRA.org. Other rodeos in the fall portion of the rodeo schedule are the Northwest HS Cutting in Molalla on Sep. 18, and the Northwest HS Rodeo in St. Helens Sep. 18-20. — East Oregonian sparring; Natividad Sanchez, ¿UVW LQ IRUPV ¿UVW LQ VSDU- ring; (Adults) Vladimir &DOGHUD ¿UVW LQ IRUPV ¿UVW in sparring, second in stick sparring, Grand Champion in forms; Melissa Shilhonic, participation medal. Staff photo by Kathy Aney BULLDOGS: Hunsaker throws TD in 4th Continued from 1B yards and a touchdown. 1HDO ¿QLVKHG RI WKURXJK WKH air for 113 yards and a score, and also UXVKHGIRU\DUGVRQFDUULHVLQKLV ¿UVWYDUVLW\VWDUW1DWKDQ+XQVDNHUZKR played most of the fourth quarter, was 3 IRUIRU\DUGVDQGDWRXFKGRZQ After falling behind, Hermiston responded with a seven-play drive that ended with Omar Garcia plowing into the end zone from three yards out to knot the score at 13 with a minute and FKDQJHUHPDLQLQJLQWKH¿UVWSHULRG From there Hanford took over. Midway through the second quarter, +DQIRUGJRWLWV¿UVWELJEUHDNWKDWSURYHG to be the turning point. After the Falcons forced Hermiston into a three-and-out at its own 24-yard line, the snap to the punter Coleman went over his head and into the end zone. Instead of covering it up or booting it out of the end zone for a safety, he tried to scoop it up and punt it, but he mishandled it and Hanford recovered for a special teams touchdown DQG DOO WKH PRPHQWXP ,W ZDV WKH ¿UVW of 28 unanswered Falcons points that ultimately put the game out of reach. “It’s hard because those kids have never been in that situation before,” )DDHWHHWH VDLG RI D ELJ GH¿FLW ³$QG they tried to battle back but things just kept (going wrong): false start penalties, defensive pass interference, missed assignments. Things didn’t go our way.” Hunsaker took over in the fourth quarter and engineered Hermiston’s longest drive of the night, a 12-play affair that ended when Tucker Salinas had a nice ball knocked out of his hands in the end zone on fourth down. But Hermiston got the ball right back after Hanford’s second fumble, and Hunsaker found Coleman over the middle on the ensuing play from 12 yards out. “I think luck is where preparation meets hard work,” Coleman said. “We gotta get those three working together with us. I think this was good out here. It sucks taking a loss, but it’s hard. You can only tell someone so much before experience be the speaker.” Hermiston travels to Kennewick, Washington next week for a date with the Kamiakin Braves at 7 p.m. ——— Han (1-0) 13 14 0 14 — 41 Herm (0-1) 13 0 0 7 — 20 RUSHING — Hanford: 23-102. D. Samples 11-45, TD; E. Davis 11-57, TD; M. Valdez 1-0. Hermiston: 47-170. D. Neal 19-106; M. Brown 8-52; O. Garcia 7-18, TD; N. Hunsaker 2-(-)6; A. Horn 1-6, H. Simon 3-5, B. Coleman 1-(-)13, A. Faaeteete 5-5, K. Mendez 1-(-)3. PASSING — Hanford: 14-27, 221 yards, 3 TD. Hermiston — 10-25, 144 yards 2 TD. D. Neal (HERM) — 7-19, 113, TD. N. Hunsaker — 3-6, 29 yards, TD. TOTAL OFFENSE — Hanford: 323 yards. Hermiston: 312 yards. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP FOOTBALL Saturday, Sep. 5 Ione vs. Triad (at Dufur), 4 p.m. Friday, Sep. 11 Arlington/Condon at Monument/Day- ville, 1 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Imbler, 3 p.m. Ontario at Pendleton, 3:30 p.m. Hermiston at Kamiakin (WA), 7 p.m. Crook County at Mac-Hi, 7 p.m. Union at Riverside, 7 p.m. Irrigon vs. Enterprise (at Hermiston), 7 p.m. Heppner at Grant Union, 7 p.m. Umatilla at Pilot Rock, 7 p.m. Stanfield at Tri-Cities Prep (Pasco, Wash.), 7 p.m. Echo at Ione, 7 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Saturday, Sep. 5 La Grande at Hermiston, Noon Culver at Irrigon, 1:30 p.m. Riverside at Umatilla, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sep. 8 Hermiston at David Douglas, 4 p.m. Mac-Hi at The Dalles, 4 p.m. Pendleton at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sep. 10 Mac-Hi at Hermiston, 6 p.m. Friday, Sep. 11 Prescott (WA) at Riverside, 4 p.m. Saturday, Sep. 12 Hood River at Mac-Hi, Noon Irrigon at City Christian, 1 p.m. Umatilla at Culver, 1:30 p.m. Pendleton at Sandy, 2 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Saturday, Sep. 5 Riverside at La Grande, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sep. 8 Mac-Hi at Riverside, 4 p.m. Umatilla at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m. Hermiston vs. Century (at Hillsboro), 5 p.m. Thursday, Sep. 10 Baker at Umatilla, 3 p.m. Pendleton at Roosevelt, 4:15 p.m. Mac-Hi at Hermiston, 6 p.m. Saturday, Sep. 12 Sandy at Pendleton, 2 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Saturday, Sep. 5 Pendleton vs. TBD at Southridge Tourna- ment, 8 a.m. Hermiston vs. TBD at Mountain View Tournament, 8 a.m. Pilot Rock vs. TBD (Neah-Kah-Nie Tournament), 8 a.m. Enterprise at Heppner (Heppner Tourna- ment), 9 a.m. Weston-McEwen vs. TBD (Heppner Tournament), 9 a.m. Elgin at Riverside (Riverside Tourna- ment), 10 a.m. Irrigon vs. TBD (Riverside Tournament), 10 a.m. Helix vs. TBD (Riverside Tournament), 10 a.m. Echo vs. TBD (Riverside Tournament), 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sep. 8 Dufur at Heppner, 4 p.m. Arlington at Stanfield, 5 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Riverside, 5 p.m. Umatilla at Helix, 5 p.m. La Grande at Pendleton, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sep. 9 Umatilla at Irrigon, 5 p.m. Thursday, Sep. 10 Weston-McEwen at Dayton (WA), 5 p.m. Nixyaawii at Helix, 5 p.m. Umatilla at Mac-Hi, 5:30 p.m. Stanfield at Riverside, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sep. 11 Arlington at Monument/Dayville, 4 p.m. Echo at Ione, 5 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Imbler, 5 p.m. Saturday, Sep. 12 Nixyaawii at Horizon Christian (Hood River), 8 a.m. Stanfield at South Wasco, 9:30 a.m. Irrigon at Echo, 10 a.m. Prairie City at Arlington, Noon Pine Eagle at Echo, 1 p.m. Pine Eagle vs. Irrigon (at Echo), 2:30 p.m. Damascus Christian at Arlington, 4 p.m. (Helix Tournament) Powder Valley vs. Umatilla, 9:20 a.m. Riverside vs. Helix, 10 a.m. Imbler vs. Umatilla, 10:40 a.m. Mac-Hi vs. Umatilla, 12:10 p.m. (Condon Tournament) Ione vs. Condon/Wheeler, 9 a.m. Pilot Rock vs. Heppner, 10 a.m. Union vs. Ione, 11 a.m. Pilot Rock vs. Condon/Wheeler, Noon Pilot Rock vs. Ione, 2 p.m. Union vs. Condon/Wheeler, 3 p.m. Ione vs. Heppner, 4 p.m. Union vs. Pilot Rock, 5 p.m. Heppner vs. Condon/Wheeler, 6 p.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Saturday, Sep. 5 Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Helix, Heppner, Stanfield, Umatilla, Weston-McEwen at Runner Soul XC Fest (Hermiston), 11 a.m. Friday, Sep. 11 Pendleton, Heppner, Stanfield, Weston-McEwen, Condon/Wheeler at Catherine Creek Scamper (Union), 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sep. 12 Hermiston at Ultimook Invitational (Tillamook), 3:30 p.m. Umatilla at Ultimook Invitational (Tilla- mook), Noon Mac-Hi, Helix at Asotin XC Island Run Invite (Clarkston, Wash.), 9:45 a.m. PREP RODEO Sunday, Sep. 6 Columbia Basin HS Rodeo (Condon), 10 a.m. Monday, Sep. 7 Columbia Basin HS Rodeo (Condon), 8 a.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, Sep. 5 Eastern Oregon at Sacramento State, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, Sep. 12 Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon, 1 p.m. COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER Tuesday, Sep. 8 Eastern Oregon at Walla Walla CC (scrimmage), 3 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Saturday, Sep. 5 Blue Mountain at Spokane Invite, TBD Tuesday, Sep. 8 Walla Walla U. at Eastern Oregon, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sep. 9 Blue Mountain at Treasure Valley, 6 p.m. Thursday, Sep. 10 North Idaho at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Friday, Sep. 11 Eastern Oregon at Corban, 7 p.m. Blue Mountain at Walla Walla Invite, TBA Saturday, Sep. 12 Eastern Oregon at Northwest Christian, 5 p.m. Blue Mountain at Walla Walla Invite, TBA COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY Saturday, Sep. 12 Eastern Oregon at Chukar Classic (Ontario), TBD Baseball MLB American League Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 2 Baltimore 10, Toronto 2 Cleveland 8, Detroit 1 Boston 7, Philadelphia 5 Chicago White Sox 12, Kansas City 1 Houston 8, Minnesota 0 Seattle 11, Oakland 8 L.A. Angels 5, Texas 2 Today’s Games Tampa Bay (M.Moore 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 14-2), 10:05 a.m. Baltimore (M.Wright 2-3) at Toronto (Price 13-5), 10:07 a.m. Philadelphia (Asher 0-1) at Boston (Miley 10-10), 1:05 p.m. Cleveland (Salazar 12-7) at Detroit (Simon 11-9), 4:08 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-10) at Kansas City (D.Duffy 7-6), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (E.Santana 3-4) at Houston (McCullers 5-5), 4:10 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 15-8) at Oakland (Chavez 7-13), 6:05 p.m. Texas (D.Holland 2-1) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 6-10), 6:05 p.m. National League Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 14, Arizona 5 Washington 5, Atlanta 2, 10 innings Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 5, 11 innings Boston 7, Philadelphia 5 Milwaukee at Cincinnati, ppd., rain Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis 3 Colorado 2, San Francisco 1 L.A. Dodgers 8, San Diego 4 Today’s Games Milwaukee (W.Peralta 5-8) at Cincinnati (Jo.Lamb 0-3), 10:10 a.m., 1st game Arizona (Ray 3-10) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 17-6), 11:20 a.m. Philadelphia (Asher 0-1) at Boston (Miley 10-10), 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 8-6) at St. Louis (Jai. Garcia 7-4), 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Nelson 11-10) at Cincinnati (Sampson 2-2), 3:10 p.m., 2nd game Atlanta (S.Miller 5-12) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 9-7), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 12-11) at Miami (B.Hand 4-4), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Peavy 4-6) at Colorado (Bettis 6-4), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 9-9) at San Diego (T.Ross 10-9), 5:40 p.m. MiLB Friday’s Games Salem-Keizer 8, Boise 3 Hillsboro 2, Eugene 0 Vancouver 12, Everett 5 Tri-City 8, Spokane 0 Saturday’s Games Eugene at Hillsboro, 5:03 p.m. Salem-Keizer at Boise, 5:45 p.m. Everett at Vancouver, 7:05 p.m. Spokane at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m. Football NCAA Thursday’s major scores Georgia Tech 69, Alcorn St. 6 TCU 23, Minnesota 17 Arizona 42, UTSA 32 Ohio 45, Idaho 28 Utah 24, Michigan 17 Friday’s major scores Michigan St. 37, W. Michigan 24 Baylor 56, SMU 21 Boise St. 16, Washington 13 Oregon St. 26, Weber St. 7 Saturday’s major games Louisiana-Monroe at Georgia, 9 a.m. UT-Martin at Mississippi, 9 a.m. Wofford at Clemson, 9:30 a.m. Louisville at Auburn, 12:30 p.m. Bowling Green at Tennessee, 1 p.m. McNeese St. at LSU, 4:30 p.m. Texas St. at Florida St., 5 p.m. Stanford at Northwestern, 9 a.m. SE Missouri at Missouri, 1 p.m. Texas at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m. UTEP at Arkansas, 12:30 p.m. Akron at Oklahoma, 4 p.m. Arizona St. vs. Texas A&M at Houston, 4 p.m. Wisconsin vs. Alabama at Arlington, Texas, 5 p.m. Portland St. at Washington St., 11 a.m. Virginia at UCLA, 12:30 p.m. Grambling St. at California, 2 p.m. E. Washington at Oregon, 5 p.m. Arkansas St. at Southern Cal, 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7 Ohio St. at Virginia Tech, 5 p.m. Tennis U.S. Open How the seeds fared Friday At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $42.3 million Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Third Round Men Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Andreas Seppi (25), Italy, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5. David Ferrer (7), Spain, vs. Jeremy Chardy (27), France Rafael Nadal (8), Spain, vs. Fabio Fognini (32), Italy Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1. Milos Raonic (10), Canada, lost to Feli- ciano Lopez (18), Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-3. David Goffin (14), Belgium, lost to Roberto Bautista Agut (23), Spain, 2-6, 5-7, 6-3, 3-1, retired. Feliciano Lopez (18), Spain, def. Milos Raonic (10), Canada, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (19), France, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2. Roberto Bautista Agut (23), Spain, def. David Goffin (14), Belgium, 2-6, 5-7, 6-3, 3-1, retired. Andreas Seppi (25), Italy, lost to Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5. Tommy Robredo (26), Spain, lost to Benoit Paire, France, 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-1. Jeremy Chardy (27), France, vs. David Ferrer (7), Spain Fabio Fognini (32), Italy, vs. Rafael Nadal (8), Spain Women Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. Belinda Bencic (12), Switzerland, lost to Venus Williams (23), United States, 6-3, 6-4. Ekaterina Makarova (13), Russia, def. Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5. Agnieszka Radwanska (15), Poland, lost to Madison Keys (19), United States, 6-3, 6-2. Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine, lost to Ekat- erina Makarova (13), Russia, 6-3, 7-5. Madison Keys (19), United States, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (15), Poland, 6-3, 6-2. Venus Williams (23), United States, def. Belinda Bencic (12), Switzerland, 6-3, 6-4. Eugenie Bouchard (25), Canada, def. Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 7-6 (9), 4-6, 6-3. Golf PGA Deutsche Bank Championship Friday’s leaders At TPC Boston Norton, Mass. Purse: $8.25 million Yardage: 7,242; Par 71 (36-35) First Round Brendon de Jonge 33-32—65 Luke Donald 35-32—67 Colt Knost 33-34—67 Kevin Chappell 34-33—67 Ian Poulter 33-34—67 Matt Jones 33-34—67 Harris English 34-33—67 Charley Hoffman 36-31—67 Henrik Stenson 34-33—67 Rickie Fowler 33-34—67 Gary Woodland 33-35—68 Ryan Palmer 36-32—68 Jason Day 36-32—68 Sean O’Hair 36-32—68 Daniel Berger 36-32—68 Morgan Hoffmann 36-33—69 Rory Sabbatini 35-34—69 Matt Kuchar 35-34—69 Robert Streb 34-35—69 Zach Johnson 36-33—69 Sangmoon Bae 35-34—69 Jason Dufner 36-33—69 Hudson Swafford 33-36—69 Davis Love III 36-33—69 Hunter Mahan 35-34—69 -6 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 Basketball WNBA Friday’s Games Connecticut 73, San Antonio 72 Minnesota 81, Indiana 65 Saturday’s Games Phoenix at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Sunday’s Games Washington at Atlanta, Noon Tulsa at Los Angeles, 2 p.m. Seattle at Chicago, 3 p.m. New York at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Soccer MLS Saturday’s Games Orlando City at New England, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Montreal, 5 p.m. Toronto FC at Seattle, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games FC Dallas at Columbus, 4 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP SOUTHERN 500 Site: Darlington, South Carolina. Schedule: Saturday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 7-8:30 a.m.), qualifying (NBC Sports Network, 10:30 a.m.-Noon); Sunday, race, 4 p.m. (NBC Sports Net- work, 3-4 p.m.; NBC, 4-8:15 p.m.). Track: Darlington Raceway (oval, 1.366 miles). Race distance: 501.3 miles, 367 laps. Last year: Kevin Harvick won the April race for the second of his five 2014 vic- tories en route to the season title. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was second. Last race: Joey Logano won at Bristol, Tennessee, on Aug. 22 for his third victo- ry of the year. Harvick was second. Fast facts: Kyle Busch has four victo- ries in 13 races since returning from a broken right leg and left foot. He’s 29th in the standings and must be in the top 30 after the regular-season finale next week qualify for the 16-driver Chase... Jeff Gordon is making his final Darlington start before retiring at end of the season. He has seven victories at the egg-shaped track, the last in 2007.
